Links for 18-01-09

Who or What is Bubblino? | MCQN Limited
"Bubblino is a Twitter-monitoring, bubble-blowing Arduino-bot."

russell davies: from product to project
"But what would be really nice would be if it [the bag] could tell its own story more. Generate its own data. I could attach an RFID tag, but I'm not quite sure what would ever read it. I guess ideally it would have it's own GPS logging stick sewn in. Or something." - what about sewing a NikePlus into the bottom?

A wooden radio
"Hand-crafted in an Indonesian farming village, the Magno AM/FM radio has an appealing mix of retro and modern styling. Made from new growth wood, for every tree that is used in production, a new one is planted. Its uncoated surface should be oiled periodically to encourage a deeper connection between user and object. MP3 compatible, with short wave reception."

VisualizingLastfm
Final year project to visualise trends of fans on last.fm using Processing. Look forward to the English documentation appearing.

The Renegades at the New York 'Times
"The proposal was to create a newsroom: a group of developers-slash-journalists, or journalists-slash-developers, who would work on long-term, medium-term, short-term journalism—everything from elections to NFL penalties to kind of the stuff you see in the Word Train."

TA Frank: The change we need
"No one thought Al Gore would be a loveable president, but, after eight years in the White House, he has gotten truly tiresome. The droning voice, the purchase of an eco-friendly robot dog, the campaign for carbon-free diamonds - all these things were hard to take, and he has been way too smug about reversing global warming. I think we've gone too far in the opposite direction, especially in light of the glacier that recently crushed Wasilla."

Blog: It's time to redesign the guitar
"Why are they still making guitars with "real" strings that are difficult and boring to learn how to play and really make your fingers hurt? What is the point? Do we still slaughter our own cows? Dig our own wells? Work in the turnip fields for 18 hours a day, six days a week? No. Buttons have proven themselves to be much easier and more efficient. " Quite.

Helios : A Classical Mix by Keith Kenniff on Type Records
Interesting classical music mix as "Keith Kenniff of Helios and Goldmund fame brings together some of his favourite classical music to give us a taste of his references and influences."

Jazzwise Magazine - Jazzwise Albums Of The Year 2008
Top 10 new albums and top 10 reissues from 2008.

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